Coventry 0-1 Fulham: Late Bobb strike condemns Sky Blues to another home defeat

Coventry City suffered another frustrating afternoon at the Coventry Building Society Arena as a late Oscar Bobb goal gave Fulham all three points. The result leaves Coventry 18th in the Premier League table and continues a difficult run of form, with their last five league games reading LWWLL.

The only goal came in the 80th minute when Bobb fired home from the right side of the box, finished left-footed into the bottom corner after being teed up by Josh King following a corner. It proved the decisive moment in a game that had remained goalless through a cagey first half and much of the second.

Before that breakthrough, the game's main flashpoint came in the 36th minute when Fulham's Shea Charles was booked for a bad foul. Coventry suffered a fitness concern in the second half when Bobby Thomas needed treatment and was replaced by Stephen Mfuni in the 60th minute, with the match twice halted for delays around that passage of play.

Fulham made their own changes, with Rodrigo Muniz and César Palacios introduced before Bobb's winner, and Kenny Tete and Tom Cairney following soon after the goal. Antonee Robinson picked up a second Fulham yellow card of the afternoon in the 82nd minute.

Fulham dominated possession with 64% of the ball to Coventry's 36%, and also edged the shot count 12 to 13 in Coventry's favour on paper, though it was Fulham who had the better accuracy with three shots on target compared to Coventry's two. The visitors also won six corners to Coventry's four and completed far more passes, finishing with 583 accurate passes against Coventry's 279.

The defeat was Coventry's sixth loss of the campaign from eight games, leaving them with just two wins and six points, while Fulham's victory moved them up to 8 points from their eight matches. For Fulham, the win continues their own league form of DDLWW, having now put together back-to-back victories after a slower start to the season.

CoventryLive was at the CBS Arena to assess the display, with reporter Andy Turner handing out player ratings for the Sky Blues following the narrow defeat (CoventryLive).

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